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Andrew NesbittSep 24, 2026

Package Manager Sandboxing

A survey of sandbox usage across package manager clients.

package-managerssecurity

EconReporter

EconReporterSep 8, 2026

BLS Payroll Survey Series ID Reference

What's the BLS series ID for healthcare, manufacturing, or information? Every Establishment Survey industry code in one page to help you build US payroll charts

Boris on ATProtoAug 27, 2026

ATProto glossary

A quick-reference glossary of AT Protocol terms — DID, PDS, XRPC, record, lexicon, AT-URI, AppView, DPoP, Bearer — each linked back to the overview pages.

referenceatproto

Andrew NesbittAug 20, 2026

Issues in the Repo

refs/bugs, refs/notes, refs/heads/ticgit, or a directory full of YAML.

Andrew NesbittJul 7, 2026

Content addressing in package managers

Names are for humans, hashes are for everything else

package-managerssecurity

Agent IO

Agent IOJul 5, 2026

Using IO's Local Certificates

How to make IO your local certificate authority.

ReferenceConfig

Andrew NesbittJun 23, 2026

Sunsetting a Package Manager

A frozen registry is the one place a package can never be patched again.

package-managersregistries

Andrew NesbittJun 16, 2026

How Open Source Projects Change Hands

There are fewer ways to leave your package than to kill it.

open-sourcemaintainers

󱤑󱥡Jun 12, 2026

This is my nasin for writing toki pona. My nasin includes things meant for better typesetting, improved readability of text, and preserving the generally artistic nature of toki pona whether that is in sitelen pona or sitelen Lasina. Most of the readability that I talk about boils down to: When dealing with multiple subjects, several head-nouns or verbs, your text might get cluttered and you might visually end up with a huge wall of text. This can be, and probably will be, readable, but it doesn...

languagetoki-pona

Andrew NesbittJun 9, 2026

Forms of Open Source Government

Open source has more forms of government than countries do.

open-sourcemaintainers

Andrew NesbittJun 8, 2026

Package Manager Patents

A reference list of patents and applications relevant to package manager design, with notes on prior art.

package-managershistory

Andrew NesbittJun 5, 2026

Install-script allowlists

A survey of install-script allowlist mechanisms across package managers and language ecosystems.

package-managerssecurity

Andrew NesbittJun 3, 2026

Skills Registry Threat Models

How long until we see a CVE filed against a markdown file?

securitypackage-managers

Sona's Website

Sona's WebsiteJun 1, 2026

Language Semiring

RegEx notation looks a lot like ring expressions.

referencecomputer science

spade's abode

spade's abodeMay 24, 2026

MujiMasque Forum Rules

Andrew NesbittApr 8, 2026

Package Security Problems for AI Agents

Packages all the way down, agents all the way up.

securitypackage-managers

Andrew NesbittApr 4, 2026

What does Open Source mean?

A stack of incompatible expectations.

open-sourcereference

Andrew NesbittApr 3, 2026

Package Manager Easter Eggs

A tour of the easter eggs hiding inside package managers.

package-managersreference

Andrew NesbittMar 30, 2026

Git Diff Drivers

What git's diff drivers can do, from built-in language support to custom textconv filters.

Andrew NesbittMar 20, 2026

Package Manager Mirroring

Every mirroring tool I could find, and the protocols underneath them.

package-managersreference

Andrew NesbittMar 18, 2026

Git Remote Helpers

Git can talk to anything if you write the right helper.

Andrew NesbittMar 9, 2026

This is post number 100.

writingreference

Sona's Website

Sona's WebsiteMar 7, 2026

The Explorer's Trial

Exploring different utilities

Andrew NesbittMar 5, 2026

Package Manager Magic Files

Package manager magic files and where to find them: .npmrc, MANIFEST.in, Directory.Packages.props, .pnpmfile.cjs, and more.

package-managersreference